Title: [Plugin: Members] Creating default object from empty value in functions.php
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Members] Creating default object from empty value in functions.php

 *  Resolved [senex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senex/)
 * (@senex)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-in-functionsphp/)
 * Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /web/wp-content/plugins/
   members/includes/functions.php on line 21
 *  After I enable this plugin, I get the above message displayed on every page 
   of the site. When I disable the plugin the error goes away.
 *  Any suggestions?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/)

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 *  [milohill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milohill/)
 * (@milohill)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-in-functionsphp/#post-2891166)
 * I managed to fix this error by adding in the line:
 *     ```
       if(!is_object($members))
       	    $members = new stdClass;
       ```
   
 * just above `if ( !isset( $members->settings ) )`
 *  [milohill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milohill/)
 * (@milohill)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-in-functionsphp/#post-2891168)
 * In /web/wp-content/plugins/members/includes/functions.php
 *  [Dewey Bushaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/styledev/)
 * (@styledev)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-in-functionsphp/#post-2891177)
 * Seems to only kick out this issue in PHP 5.4.4
 *  [Cedric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cooperanet/)
 * (@cooperanet)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-in-functionsphp/#post-2891178)
 * I’ve got this error too in PHP 5.4.3
 *  [Scott Cariss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/l3rady/)
 * (@l3rady)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-in-functionsphp/#post-2891193)
 * I’ve got this error in PHP 5.4.3 too.
 *  [jepsonrae](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jepsonrae/)
 * (@jepsonrae)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-in-functionsphp/#post-2891229)
 * I just came across this error today when we moved from PHP 5.3 to 5.4.latest.
 * Applying the fix above sorted the issue – can this not be integrated into the
   actual plugin’s code as I don’t want a non-updatable plugin.
 * Thanks
    Phil

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 * 6 replies
 * 6 participants
 * Last reply from: [jepsonrae](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jepsonrae/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-in-functionsphp/#post-2891229)
 * Status: resolved